Matthew 22:2 Cross References - EJ2000

² The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a certain man, a king, who made a marriage feast for his son

¹⁰ ¶ Hearken, O daughter, and consider and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house; ¹¹ so shall the king greatly desire thy beauty; and bow before him, for he is thy Lord. ¹² And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour. ¹³ The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold. ¹⁴ She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework; the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee. ¹⁵ With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought; they shall enter into the king’s palace. ¹⁶ Instead of thy fathers shall be thy sons, whom thou shalt make princes in all the earth.

²⁴ ¶ He put forth another parable unto them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is likened unto a man who sows good seed in his field

³¹ He put forth another parable unto them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field; ³² which indeed is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the heaven come and make their nests in its branches. ³³ He spoke another parable unto them: The kingdom of the heavens is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until the whole was leavened.

⁴⁴ ¶ Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like unto treasure hid in the field, which when found, a man hides it and, for the joy thereof, goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. ⁴⁵ Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls, ⁴⁶ who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it. ⁴⁷ Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a net that was cast into the sea and gathered of every kind of fish,

² The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a certain man, a king, who made a marriage feast for his son ³ and sent forth his slaves to call those that were invited to the wedding, and they would not come. ⁴ Again, he sent forth other slaves, saying, Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my bulls and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready; come unto the marriage. ⁵ But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise, ⁶ and the others took his slaves and entreated them spitefully and slew them. ⁷ But when the king heard of this, he became angry and sent forth his armies and destroyed those murderers and burned up their city. ⁸ Then he said to his slaves, The wedding is ready, but those who were called were not worthy. ⁹ Go ye therefore into the entrances of the highways and call as many as ye shall find to the marriage. ¹⁰ So those slaves went out into the highways and gathered together everyone that they found, both bad and good; and the wedding was filled with guests. ¹¹ And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who did not have on a wedding garment, ¹² and he said unto him, Friend, how didst thou come in here not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. ¹³ Then the king said to the slaves, Bind him hand and foot and take him away and cast him into the darkness outside; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ¹⁴ For many are called, but few are chosen.

¹ ¶ Then shall the kingdom of the heavens be likened unto ten virgins who, taking their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom. ² And five of them were prudent, and five were foolish. ³ Those that were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them; ⁴ but the prudent took oil in their vessels with their lamps. ⁵ While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. ⁶ And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom comes; go ye out to meet him. ⁷ Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. ⁸ And the foolish said unto the prudent, Give us of your oil, for our lamps are going out. ⁹ But the prudent answered, saying, Lest there be not enough for us and you, but go ye rather to them that sell and buy for yourselves. ¹⁰ And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and those that were ready went in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut. ¹¹ Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. ¹² But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. ¹³ Watch, therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man comes. ¹⁴ ¶ For it is like a man travelling into a far country, who called his own slaves and delivered unto them his goods.

¹⁶ Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper and called many ¹⁷ and sent his slave at supper time to say to those that were called, Come, for all things are now ready. ¹⁸ And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a field, and I have need to go and see it; I pray thee have me excused. ¹⁹ And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them; I pray thee have me excused. ²⁰ And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. ²¹ So that slave came and showed his lord these things. Then the husband of the house, being angry, said to his slave, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor and the maimed and the halt and the blind. ²² And the slave said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. ²³ And the lord said unto the slave, Go out into the highways and hedges and compel them to come in that my house may be filled. ²⁴ For I say unto you, That none of those men which were called shall taste of my supper.

²⁹ He that has the bride is the bridegroom, but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice; this my joy therefore is fulfilled. ³⁰ It is expedient unto him to increase, but unto me, to decrease.

² For I am jealous over you with the jealousy of God, for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to the Christ.

²⁴ Therefore, as the congregation {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} is subject unto the Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything. ²⁵ Husbands, love your wives even as the Christ also loved the congregation {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} and gave himself for her, ²⁶ that he might sanctify and cleanse her in the washing of water by the word, ²⁷ that he might present her glorious for himself, a congregation {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones}, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. ²⁸ So ought husbands to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself. ²⁹ For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it even as the Lord with his congregation {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones}: ³⁰ For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. ³¹ For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother and shall be joined unto his wife, and they shall be two in one flesh. ³² This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the congregation {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones}.

⁷ Let us be glad and rejoice and give glory to him; for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his bride has made herself ready. ⁸ And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright: for the fine linen is the righteousness of the saints. ⁹ And he said unto me, Write, Blessed are those who are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he said unto me, These are the true words of God.